Square Kilometre Array prototype 'scope achieves first light
Reg In Space One of the radio telescope designs to be used by the Square Kilometre Array has achieved first light.
Known as SKAMPI, the 'scope was designed by a team whose members hailed from ten nations and built in China. The model tested last week was assembled in 2018 in the Karoo region of South Africa, which will host some of the SKA's thousands of 'scopes.
Tests commenced in 2019, and the SKA org last week explained that technical commissioning work such as "system evaluation, radio frequ...
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